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Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint is a senior position at the British Royal Mint who is responsible for overseeing the preparation of coin dies.[1]

List of chief engravers

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Period Chief Engraver Notes Ref.
1060s? Theobald of Lisson Green Cutter of the Dies of All England [2]
1090s–1100s Otto the Goldsmith Officer of the Dies [2]
1100s–? Otto FitzOtto [2]
?–1160s William FitzOtto [2]
1160s–1194 Otto FitzWilliam [2]
1194–1214 William FitzOtto [2]
1214–1257 Otto FitzWilliam [2]
1257–1265 William FitzOtto [2]
1265–1274 Thomas FitzOtto Serjeant of the Dies [2]
1274–1282 Otto FitzOtto Serjeant of the Dies [2]
1282–1283 Guy Ferre Serjeant of the Dies [2]
1285–1324 John de Botetourt, 1st Baron Botetourt Serjeant of the Dies [2]
1324–1335 William Latimer, 3rd Baron Latimer Serjeant of the Dies [2]
1335–1379 William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer Serjeant of the Dies [2]
1379–1386 William Geyton Engraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1386–1388 William Pevere Engraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1388–? John Edmund Engraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1421–1431 Gilbert of Brandenburg Engraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1431–1445 John Orwell Engraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1445–1452 Thomas Wythiale Engraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1452–1462 William Wodewarde Engraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1462–1483 Edmund Shaa Engraver of the Tower Mint [3]
1483–1485 John Shaa Engraver of the Tower Mint [3]
1485–1492 Nicholas Flynt Engraver of the Tower Mint [3]
1494–1509 Alexander Bruchsal Engraver of the Tower Mint [3]
1510–1519 John Sharp Engraver of the Tower Mint [3]
1519–1536 Henry Norris Engraver of the Tower Mint [3]
1536–1544 Thomas Wriothesely Engraver of the Tower Mint [3]
1544–1550 Henry Bayse [4]
1550–1551 Robert Pitt [4]
1552–1596 Derek Anthony [4][5]
1596–1615 Charles Anthony [5][6]
1615–1618 Thomas Anthony [4]
1618–1624 William Holle [7]
1625–1628 John Gilbert and Edward Green Joint positions [6]
1628–1644 Edward Green [6][8]
1645–1648 Thomas Simon and Edward Wade Joint positions [9]
1645–1649 Thomas Rawlins Appointed by King Charles I [10]
1649–1660 Thomas Simon [9]
1660–1670 Thomas Rawlins [11]
1670–1689 John Roettier [4]
1689–1690 George Bowers [11]
1690–1704 Henry Harris [12]
1705–1741 John Croker [13]
1741–1773 John Sigismund Tanner [14]
1773–1779 Richard Yeo [15]
1779–1815 Lewis Pingo [16]
1815–1817 Thomas Wyon [17]
1817–1821 Post vacant [18]
1821–1828 Benedetto Pistrucci Subsequently, became Chief Medallist at the mint [19]
1828–1851 William Wyon Leonard Charles Wyon appointed Second Engraver at the mint in 1843.
1851–1891 Leonard Charles Wyon Modeler and Engraver of the Royal Mint
1892–1903 George William de Saulles Engraver of the Royal Mint [20]
as of 1960 Walter Newman [21]
1970s Eric Sewell
1979–1998 Hubert Theodore Elsasser OBE
1998-2004 Marcel Canioni
2004–2011 Matthew Bonnacorsi
2011–present Gordon Summers [22]

References

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  1. ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780521240260.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Martin Allen, Mints and Money in Medieval England, pp.117-122
  3. ^ a b c d e f g C. E. Challis, The Tudor Coinage
  4. ^ a b c d e Leonard Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
  5. ^ a b "Tudor Half-Sovereign". The Royal Mint Museum. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 298–299. ISBN 9780521240260.
  7. ^ "James I, third coinage (1619-25)". Bonhams Auction House. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  8. ^ Whetmore 1960, p. 160.
  9. ^ a b Sharples, J. "Thomas Simon, Engraver (1618-1665)". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  10. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Rawlins, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  11. ^ a b Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780521240260.
  12. ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 364, 409. ISBN 9780521240260.
  13. ^ Warwick William Wroth, 'Croker, John (1670–1741)' in Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 13
  14. ^ Christopher Edgar Challis, A New History of The Royal Mint (1992), p. 409
  15. ^ "Yeo, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  16. ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 477. ISBN 9780521240260.
  17. ^ "Wyon, Thomas (1792-1817)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  18. ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 489. ISBN 9780521240260.
  19. ^ Milano, Carlo. "The talent and the temperament". The Royal Mint Museum. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  20. ^ Tout-Smith, D. "George William de Saulles, Sculptor, Designer & Engraver (1862-1903)". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  21. ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 596. ISBN 9780521240260.
  22. ^ "Gordon Summers Designer, Sculptor, Engraver, Leader". Linkedin. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

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